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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
4
The passage describes widespread weariness from daily life and urges taking a remedy to ease stress. It emphasizes fatigue, irritability, and inability to eat, sleep, or work comfortably, suggesting a simple health aid for relief.
Mrs J B Hartsfield of 33 Corpus St Atlanta writes that Anti-Pain Pills relieve headaches and enable her to work at home and care for her family. Her husband and two sons also benefit, and she and others commend the Nervine as well. The ad notes twenty years of proven merit and urges purchases at druggists for 25 cents per bottle.
State of Indiana Grant County circuit court notice in 1913 1914 action Pilkington vs Rees et al warns nonresidents Charles and Anna Roos must answer by September 16 1918 or default judgment may be entered at Marion court. Witness clerk Fred Drake.
The Boler family reunion returns for its eighth annual gathering on Sunday August 24 at Matter Park. All members and friends are urged to attend with baskets. a planned program runs before dinner. Ice cream available at City Drug Store.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Booz and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beeson spent Sunday at the lakes. The text notes there is one agent for the Brown Laundry in Van Buren, identified as Eugene DePoy.
The notice sets rates and rules for classified notices at the Van Buren Indiana post office. It specifies $1.00 per year in advance and a $1.00 special notice for church events with admission charges and charity entertainments. It states religious service notices are published free.
County schools will open for the new school year on Monday September 8 following a trustees meeting with Superintendent Charles Terrell The teachers institute runs from August 2 to 29 with the final day called trustees day Meetings will be at Marian High School building The annual trustees picnic is set for August 21 at the Soldiers Home and township advisory board members and their wives will be invited.
To join the Boy Scouts a youth may enroll by qualifying and taking the oath to live by Scout rules. No prior consent of a patrol leader is needed. Apply to Scout Master Wharton at Marion or write to Mr John Wharton Glass Block Marion Ind.
A correction clarifies that last week's item referred to Mr Jas S Paxton and not Mrs J R Paxton. It states Mrs Paxton is recovering from a fall and does not have paralysis, and she can be out and about again.
Do not use tobacco and avoid barrooms. Focus on a chosen line of work and advance within it. A man who loves this path becomes a partner and future head of the firm. Save a portion of wages consistently, no matter the amount, and set aside money for the future.
Public notice warns that persons other than the undersigned or their authorized agents may not collect laundry for Brown Laundry. Only agents with written authority from Eugene DePoy as Brown Laundry agent may collect laundry work.
A coal oil stove started a small blaze at Ed Lawrence's residence on North First Street Monday afternoon. The fire department arrived and with extinguishers quickly put out the flames. Damage was minimal.
All legal steps for the Van Buren Creamery sale are complete and the property will be advertised for sale at the earliest moment. The notice expresses a hope the enterprise may stay in Van Buren if a plan is devised.
The county commissioners let the Fred Drake tarvia road contract to Crook and Brumfiel for 87316 dollars. Other bids included Wm. Williams at 7670 dollars and Dillard Artis at 7845 dollars.
Albert A. Barnes 31 a moulder of Marion wed Dessie Doyle 17 of Landersville in a 6 30 p m ceremony conducted by Justice C E Neal. The bride, an orphan, obtained consent from her grandfather.
A note questions why Van Buren did not have an ice plant, arguing that with one in operation the town could supply ice at 20 to 30 cents.
Petition filed with Grant County Auditor seeks location and grade of a crushed stone road in Van Buren Township. Petition signed by at least fifty freeholders and voters cites a US Mail route and a future town connection, asks for 20 foot wide grading and 12 foot stone pave.
The article cautions about careless consumptives and poisonous spit. It cites Prof. Irving Fisher Yale predicting 5,000,000 U S residents may die from tuberculosis and notes the disease costs to the nation and Indiana. It urges early sanatorium care and for the county to have a tuberculosis hospital.
The J H Boyer show sells out and outshines other acts this season. The troupe brings cars tents seats lights and scenery up to date, delivering the best performance seen in years in Argentes Arkansas on October 6.
Milo Mar notes visits by Fred Hackman and children of Columbus to Mrs C Hauptoff and Mrs W Sanderman. James Gard family attended a Marion birthday dinner. August Hauptoff hosted Hackman family. Lafe Butler driven to Swayzee. W C T U program at Plummer Chapel drew large crowd with one new member. Mrs A A Bollbuefer hosted Mrs Rhyvon. sermon at St Joe praised with two weeks until next service. Sunday School each Sunday morning.
Joseph Whitesel of Lynn Grove celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a large gathering of relatives on Sunday. A noon meal featured fried chicken and other dishes. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Milo Kelly and children Ruth Pearl and Samuel Van Buren, Mary and Daisy Kelly Bluffton, Goldie Ridgely Bluffton, J A Beolen Lois Miller, Jake Daughtery Gas City, Frank Ford and sons Burel and Ivon east of Geneva, Ben Leichty Rebec ca Stephenson and children Kenneth and Kathryn Bluffton, Emma Ford Melvin and Fiona Geneva, Roy Whitsel Vera Cruz.
Advertisement claims deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be corrected by local applications. It asserts catarrh as the common cause, offers one hundred dollars for any deafness cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and promotes Wall’s Family Pills for constipation with Toledo, Ohio based J Cheney and Company as sellers.
The annual United Brethren conference opens at Mt Zion Church with Rev J W Chambers as pastor. Bishop Furman L Hopkins of Albion will preside. Sermon on Sunday. appointments read. J A Carter of Alexandria to preach Monday. A Rust of Hartford City to preach Tuesday.
Fourteen automobile loads of Gas City boosters promoting the Gas City merchants picnic arrived in Van Buren Monday afternoon. The party stayed about thirty minutes amid honk honks and bill passing, with the Gas City event drawing large crowds in August each year.
Mrs D L Kenny reports Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment cured her long stubborn tetter after over fifty years. The ad notes the ointment is available from Peeffer Chemical Co in St Louis and Philadelphia, and sold by City Drug Store.
A playful old bird called the pelican appears in a translated poem. The lines describe a bill that holds more than its belican joke and a beak that can carry enough food for a week. The verse ends with a puzzled note on the belican image.
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